Antispreading device for railway-rails.



' ,.T. B. LINDSLBY.

ANTISPREADING DEVICE POR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.15,1010,

961,623, y `Patented June 14,1910.

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T. BI LINDSLEY.

ANTISPREADING DEVICE FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.15,1910.

919628:, .Patented June M, 1910.

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THOMAS B. LINSLEY, -OIF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIG'NOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL A. SNYDER/,OF HUNTINGTONVWEST VIRGINIA.

ANTISPREADING DEVICE FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

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Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 14, 1910.

To all 'whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. LiNDsLnY, a citizen o f the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and l embeddedwithin the road bed sothat lateral or longitudinal movement of the antispreader is entirely obviated.

lVitli the above, and other objects in view, which will appear as the description prograsses, the invention resides in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

1n the accompan ing drawings there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the improvement, and in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a railway track provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view upon an enlarged scale, and taken upon the line 2--2 ofA Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the body of the improvement with the rail engaging member removed. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the same.v Fig. 5v is a perspective view of the rail engaging member looking toward the bottom thereof.

' Fig. 6 is atransverse sectional view upon the line fil-6 of Fig. 1.

In -the accompanying drawings the nu# meral 1 ,designates a pair of ordinary. railway rails and 2 the ties or sleepers therefor. The rails 1 have their base flanges connected with the ties 2 through the medium of the ordinary spikes. Interposed between the ties 2 and at suitable points along the railway is the improved antirail spreading device designated by the numeral 3. This device 3 is constructed of iron or other suitable metal .and comprises what may be termed a body portion 4 of a length and thickness corresponding with the ties 2. The body 4 has its upper face rovided adjacent its ends with integrally ormed overlying anges 5, which are adapted to engage the outer base flangesof the rails 1. The upper flanges 5 is provided with a rectangular de pression or pocket G, the same bein adapted for the reception of the rectangu ar under face 7 of the rail retaining element 8. This element 8 is preferably constructed of some yieldable metal and has its outer ends ared as at 9 to widen the extremities a distance substantially corresponding to the width of the member 4. The extremities of the member 8 are beveled as at 10 to provide engaging portions for the inner webs of the rail members 1.

The member 4 is centrally provided with a plurality f openings 11 and 12. The

openings 11 are positioned nearest the ends of the member 4 andare adapted for the reception of iipstanding threaded headed elements 13,-the same being adapted to pass through suitable openings` 14 provided by the member 8, and the projecting portions of these threaded elements are engaged by suitable nuts 15. By this arrangement, 'it will be noted that the member 8 may be easily and quickly disconnected from the body 4 when desired, as for instance when old rails are removed and supplemented by new ones. The under face of the body 4 is also provided with a rectangular pocket or depression 16 which extends almost the entire width and length of the said member. Centrally positioned within this pocket 16 is a longitudinall extending strip 17, the latter being provi ed with openings alining with the openings 12 of the body and being adapted for the threaded extending portions of bolts 18. These threaded extremities are provided with suitable nuts 19, and from the above arrangement of parts it will be noted that the under face of the member 8 overl ing the headed portions, of the bolts 19 e ectively prevents the upward movement of the said bolts and further that the stri. 17 contacting with the headed portions of t e bolts 13 effectively prevents the downward movement of these bolts. It will be further noted that by providing the body 4 with the pocket 16 and the longitudinally extending strip 17' the member 3 will be effectively embedded and theA earth entering the said pocket and surrounding the space between the walls of the pocket and the sides of the member 17 effectively prevents either the longitudinal or lateral movement of the`body 4. It will be further noted that face of the body 4 between these overlying by providing the body with the upper pocket 6 whichI is adapted to engage with the under face of the member 8 the lateral or transverse movement of the said member 8 is prevented, and it is to be understood that while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the improvement, as it now appears to me, minor details of construction within the scope of the following claims, may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new is l. In an anti-spreading device for railway rails, a body member having its upper face provided with overlying ianges adjacent its ends and being further provided with a rectangular pocket between the overlying iianges, a resilient rail-engaging member within the pocket, and said rail-engaging member having its sides flared outwardly, and its ends inclined, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an anti-spreading device for railway rails, a metallic body member, having its u per face provided with overlying llanges a jacent its ends, the said upper face being further provided with a rectangular depression, a resilient rail engaging' member having its body portion positioned within the depression, said member having its sides adjacent .its ends flared outwardly and its ends inclined, the body being further prorails vided with a longitudinal depression upon its under face, and means for connecting the rail engaging-.member with the body.

3. In an anti-spreading device for railway ametallic body member having its. upper tace provided with overlying langes ad- ]acent its ends, the said upper face being provided with a rectangular depression between the flanges, the horizontal wall of said depression being provided with spaced openings, the under ace of the body having ed headed elements, the upstanding elements,

adapted to engage the rail engaging element, the downst'anding elements adapted to engage the strip within the lower pocket of the body, and removable nuts for the threaded elements.

In testimony whereof I a'lix in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS yB. LINDSLEY.

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